Celluloid crutch-top



(No Model.)

J. WHITTEMORE. Celluloid Orutoh Top.

No. 233,824. Patented Oct. 26, I880.

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JOSHUA NVHITTEMORE, OF WAKEFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

CELLULOID CRUTCH-TOP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 233,824, dated October26, 1880.

Application filed September 27, 1880.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOSHUA WHrr'rEMoRE, ofWakefield, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, haveinvented a new and useful Celluloid (Jrutch-Top, of which the followingis a specification.

My invention relates to the method of rendering light and strongmaterial like Wood, papier-mach, and other like compounds suita ble forcrutch-tops and it consists in forming the light material into theproper shape and size, and then compressing upon it a coating of someplastic water-proof materialfor instance, celluloid, lac compounds, 850.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of my crutch-top. Fig. 2 is avertical section of the same. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the under side.

I carve or mold the body A of the crutch in the proper form. This may bemade of any suitable wood thoroughly seasoned, or it may (N 0 model.)

be made of papier-mach, lac compounds, &c. When properly formed,compressed, dried, and polished, I press upon it a coating, B, ofcelluloid or some similar compound that has the requisite strength andother needed characteristics. The crutch-top thus made has the advantageof being cheap, light, cool, and waterproof.

0 O represent holes for the reception of the ends of the staff.

The molds or dies for making this article should be very smooth andsolid.

Having thus described my invention, what I desire to secure by LettersPatent is In a crutch-top, the combination ofthe body A with thecompound coating B, substantially as described, and for the purpose setforth.

JOSHUA WHITTEMORE.

Witnesses:

HELEN M. FEEGAN, FRANK G. PARKER.

